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Wikipedia marks Elk Cloner Anniversary
by Joly MacFie 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153801148348346 On this day in 1982: 15-year-old Richard Skrenta wrote the first PC virus code, 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Call for papers: Career histories of Scandinavian IS scholars
by Anker Helms Jørgensen 30 Jan '16

30 Jan '16

Probably only of marginal interest to most of you: The journal Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems has issued a call for papers: Special issue on Scandinavian Researcher Career Retrospectives. "The purpose of this special issue is to focus on career histories of Scandinavian IS scholars broadly speaking”, see http://iris.cs.aau.dk/index.php/special-issue-call-for-papers.html Regards Anker Helms Jorgensen Anker Helms Jorgensen http://uihistory.wordpress.com<http://uihistory.wordpress.com/> http://ankervejleder.wordpress.com<http://ankervejleder.wordpress.com/> http://ankervejleder.wordpress.com/materialer<http://ankervejleder.wordpress.com/> Formerly Associate Professor, PhD IT University of Copenhagen Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark anker(a)itu.dk<mailto:anker@itu.dk>

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Upcoming deadlines: SIGCIS Workshop, CHM Prize, Mahoney Prize
by Andrew Russell 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Dear colleagues - Please help us spread the word about these important SIGCIS activities. We are eager in all cases to reach out to people and communities who are outside our traditional orbit (i.e. who may not be on this list). Please tweet, like, forward, whisper, and so on! SIGCIS Workshop 2016: Convergence and Divergence Singapore, June 26-27, 2016 || http://www.sigcis.org/workshop16 **deadline for submissions: February 12, 2016** Computer History Museum Prize for outstanding book in the history of computing http://www.sigcis.org/chmprize **postmark deadline for submissions: February 18, 2016** Mahoney Prize for outstanding article in history of computing and IT http://www.sigcis.org/mahoneyprize **deadline for submissions: March 1, 2016** Many thanks, Andy

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Need assistance finding CalComp plotting information from 1964-1970
by Len Shustek 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

At 07:44 AM 1/29/2016, Dag Spicer wrote: >Check out our online catalog: >http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=calcomp There are also scans of Calcomp manuals here: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/calcomp

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Need assistance finding CalComp plotting information from 1964-1970
by andy patros 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Hello, I’ve been researching a piece for many years called the Digital Mona Lisa, aka Mona by the Numbers, produced by H. Philip Peterson while he was at Control Data Digigraphic in Burlington, Mass. in 1964/65. The output device was a CalComp plotter to the best of my knowledge. Information related to Mr. Peterson and the image is very limited on the web. Might anyone within this group have knowledge of this project, particularly information related to the CalComp hardware used? Pointers to contacts for additional dialogue are also greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration. Regards, Andy Patros www.digitalmonalisa.com <http://www.digitalmonalisa.com/>

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Call for submissions: Mahoney Prize
by Gerardo Con Diaz 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

*Call for Submissions: The Mahoney Prize* The Mahoney Prize recognizes an outstanding article in the history of computing and information technology, broadly conceived. The Mahoney Prize commemorates the late Princeton scholar Michael S. Mahoney, whose profound contributions to the history of computing came from his many articles and book chapters. The prize consists of a $500 award and a certificate. For the 2016 prize, articles published in the preceding three years (2013, 2014, and 2015) are eligible for nomination. The Mahoney Prize is awarded by the Special Interest Group in Computers, Information, and Society (SIGCIS) and is presented during the annual meeting of our parent group, the Society for the History of Technology. The deadline for submission (electronic submissions required) is March 1, 2016. All submissions and questions should be directed to the 2016 Mahoney Prize Committee Chair, Dr. James Cortada (*jcortada(a)umn.edu* <jcortada(a)umn.edu>). *2016 Mahoney Prize Committee:* *Jennifer S. Light* (term ends 2016) Professor of Science, Technology, and Society Professor of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., E51-173 Cambridge, MA 02139 *jslight(a)mit.edu* <jslight(a)mit.edu> *James Cortada*, Chair (term ends 2017) Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota 2917 Irvington Way Madison, WI 53713 *jcortada(a)umn.edu* <jcortada(a)umn.edu> *Jeffrey R. Yost* (term ends 2018) Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota 211 Andersen Library 222 21st Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 *yostx003(a)umn.edu* <yostx003(a)umn.edu>

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Need help identifying a photo
by Ceruzzi, Paul 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

There is a famous photo on Wikimedia commons, of what purports to be Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie in front of a PDP-11, presumably working on UNIX. The problem is that the seated person doesn't look like either of them. And he is clean-shaven. Could it be Bjarne Stroustrup? Does anyone recall seeing T&R w/o facial hair? Any help in tracking this down would be much appreciated! The photo has been reprinted in many places, and I'd like to track this down before I inadvertently propagate an error. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ken_Thompson_(sitting)_and_Dennis_R… Paul E. Ceruzzi Curator, Division of Space History National Air and Space Museum MRC 311, PO Box 37012 Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20013-7012 www.ceruzzi.com<http://www.ceruzzi.com> ceruzzip(a)si.edu<mailto:ceruzzip@si.edu> 202-633-2414

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First CfP HaPoP-3, 25 June, 2016
by Liesbeth De Mol 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Dear all, I hope the following CfP might be of interest to some of you, my very best wishes, Liesbeth CALL FOR PAPERS Third symposium for History and Philosophy of Programming June 25, 2016 CNAM, Paris, France www.hapoc.org/hapop3 /An affiliated event of CiE 2016 <https://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/CIE2016/>, Paris/ We are happy to announce the third Symposium for the History and Philosophy of Programming. This symposium follows the first <http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/hapop12> and second <http://www.computing-conference.ugent.be/hapop2> editions which were organized in 2012 and 2014 respectively. It is supported by the DHST/DLMPS Commission on the History and Philosophy of Computing <www.hapoc.org> and the CNAM <http://www.cnam.fr/>. One major challenge throughout the history of programming is the development of an interface between humans, software and hardware. It has been the task of the so-called operating system to: maintain a file system; regulate access to resources; synchronize operations; etc. Today, Operating Systems are usually equipped with Graphical User interfaces (GUI) designed to give the "user" a "friendly" experience thus hiding – and sometimes even rendering inaccessible – much of the underlying structure and features of the computing machinery. In which way is this changing our relation to machines and what the unintended epistemic consequences are, is still to be assessed. The aim of the current symposium is to offer an opportunity for historical and philosophical reflection on operating systems and the programs they coordinate. Our approach is interdisciplinarity and openness towards different fields relevant to HaPoC. We were and are strongly convinced that such trans- and interdisciplinarity is necessary if one wants to reflect on a discipline such as computer science with its multidimensional nature. The current symposium will be organized in a similar manner and invites researchers coming from a diversity of backgrounds, including historians, philosophers, logicians and computer scientists who want to engage with topics relevant to the history and philosophy of programming and more specifically that of operating systems. Topics of the symposium include but are not restricted to historical and philosophical reflections on: • Origin, evolution and future of OSs • Design and Epistemology of User Interfaces • Principles of Data Access, Control and Sharing, especially in relation to OSs (e.g. the Bell-La Padula model) • Privacy and Security in OSs • Batch processing and time sharing systems • Models, problems and techniques of concurrency, parallelism and distributed systems • Open source vs corporate software • Programming paradigms and techniques (e.g. pair-programming) SUBMISSION DETAILS: We cordially invite researchers working in a field relevant to the main topics of the symposium to submit an abstract of 500 words to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hapop3 Abstracts must be written in English. Please note that the format of uploaded files must be .pdf or .doc.   In order to access the submission page, the creation of an EasyChair account will be required. Please notice that what is called “abstract” in the EasyChair “Title, Abstract and Other Information” section corresponds to the short abstract of this call, and what is called “paper” in the EasyChair “Upload Paper” section corresponds to the extended abstract of this call. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: March 31, 2016 Notification of acceptance: April 22, 2016 INVITED SPEAKERS: Daniel Glazman (Disruptive Innovations) Warren Toomey (Bond University, Australia) SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS: Liesbeth De Mol (CNRS, UMR8163), Raphaël Fournier-S'niehotta (CNAM), Baptiste Mélès (CNRS, UMR7117), Giuseppe Primiero (Middlesex University)  PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:  Maarten Bullynck (Université de Paris 8) Martin Campbell-Kelly (University of Warwick) Liesbeth De Mol (CNRS, UMR 8163 STL) Gilles Dowek (INRIA, Laboratoire Spécification et Vérification) Raphaël Fournier-S'niehotta (CNAM) Jean-Baptiste Joinet (Université Jean Moulin) Baptiste Mélès (CNRS, UMR 7117 Archives Henri-Poincaré) Camille Paloque-Berges (CNAM) Maël Pegny (IHPST, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Tomas Petricek (University of Cambridge) Giuseppe Primiero (Middlesex University) Jacques Printz (CNAM) CONTACT AND INFORMATION: For further information please contact us at: info(a)hapoc.org

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Silicon City
by John Impagliazzo 20 Dec '15

20 Dec '15

Dear Colleagues, If you are in New York City and would like to see a slice of computing history, consider visiting the New-York Historical Society exhibit called Silicon City: Computer History Made in New York. The exhibit ends 2016 April 17. A link to exhibit information is http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/silicon-city-computer-history-made-new… The exhibit is at 170 Central Park West (77th Street), next to the American Museum of Natural History. I wish you all a pleasant holiday season. John John Impagliazzo, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Hofstra University IEEE Life Fellow ACM Distinguished Educator

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PhD student position at Chalmers, deadline 7 January 2016, now with correct link
by Gustav Sjöblom 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Dear SIGCIS members, Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, is looking for a PhD student in the history of technology, deadline 7 January 2016. http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpag… The recruitment is part of the build-up of a research group in the history of technology and science at Chalmers. Current members of the group include SIGCIS members Per Lundin (author of Computers in Swedish Society) and Gustav Sjöblom (SIGCIS Vice Chair for Europe), so this is a great opportunity to do history of computing. If you have any queries, please contact me or Per. Best wishes, Gustav ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gustav Sjöblom Assistant Professor, PhD (Cantab) Teknikens ekonomi och organisation| Department of technology management and economics Innovationsteknik | Innovation Engineering and Management +46(0)31 772 1232 +46(0)70-2014011 (mobile) [cid:image001.jpg@01CC2F3C.8093B9D0] Chalmers tekniska högskola | Chalmers University of Technology Vera Sandbergs allé 8A SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden http://www.chalmers.se/tme/SV/organisation/personliga-sidor/sjoblom-gustav9… http://gustavsjoblom.blogspot.com/

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